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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

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ART: Teaching Kids Volunteerism

Tamara (Poelstra) remembers one particular one time when she brought her daughters to a soup kitchen. They weren't all warm and fuzzy about going yet they each contributed in a positive way. And then there is the gift in the outreach. Tamara remembers hearing a lot of laughing in the corner that day. She looked over, and there was her daughter, teaching some of the homeless kids how to play the card game Speed. They all were having a blast. "It changed the feeling in the entire room," she says/Beth Bollinger, Accidental Rabbit Trails. More here.

Question: How important is it to you to install a sense of volunteerism in your children?

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D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.